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Alison Jacques

Alison Jacques
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With over 20 years in both software development and IT project management, Alison Jacques brings a wealth of experience and learning to bear on challenges in the PM discipline. In addition to being a practicing PM, Alison has tailored process methodologies from CMMI to waterfall to Agile at several companies. Of latest interest to her is the shift from waterfall to agile methodology and how PMs can adapt and leverage this new approach to improve project delivery. Alison holds a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Georgetown University and a graduate management certificate from Babson College. She was certified as a PMP in 2005 and became a CSM in 2012. She is currently working on her PMI-ACP.

Company
PTC
Job Function
Project Management
Job Title
Program Manager, IT PMO
Industry
Computer Software - SaaS
Interests
Agile
Business Analysis
Cloud
Development Lifecycles
Leadership
Lean
Process Improvement
Project Management
Quality Assurance
Requirements
Test Automation
Testing
Country
United States
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Alison Jacques

 

With over 20 years in both software development and IT project management, Alison Jacques brings a wealth of experience and learning to bear on challenges in the PM discipline. In addition to being a practicing PM, Alison has tailored process methodologies from CMMI to waterfall to Agile at several companies. Of latest interest to her is the shift from waterfall to agile methodology and how PMs can adapt and leverage this new approach to improve project delivery. Alison holds a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Georgetown University and a graduate management certificate from Babson College. She was certified as a PMP in 2005 and became a CSM in 2012. She is currently working on her PMI-ACP.

 

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Conquering the Challenges of Transforming to Agile Tales from the Trenches: Conquering the Challenges of Transforming to Agile

There is a lot of hard work and recalibration needed to adopt an agile approach. Just as one does not simply walk into Mordor, you also cannot simply decide to be agile. In this article, Alison Jacques describes her IT department’s experience transforming to agile and shares some of the lessons learned and tools she’s adopted to ensure continued success.